Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Mural Ordinance :: Discussion Draft and Hearing Notice

Please find attached the Discussion Draft and Hearing Notice for the Mural Ordinance. The Discussion Draft and Hearing Notice can also be found on slideshare at 
The Los Angeles Times and KCET have already featured the Discussion Draft on their respective websites and can be found at 

If there are any questions/comments regarding this Discussion Draft and Hearing Notice please contact me at tanner.blackman@lacity.org or at 213.978.1195. 

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Urge Our Leaders to Power LA with Solar

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to share with you the launching of a dynamic new campaign to support a robust CLEAN LA Solar Program for the City of Los Angeles. This week we launched a web ad campaign on the influential website LA Observed. The ads went live in conjunction with an action-based advocacy microsite at CLEANLASOLAR.COM. This campaign represents a partnership with our CLEAN LA Coalition partners, Sierra Club.

You can be an active participant by going to the site now and letting our city leadership know how important this program is to new jobs and business in LA.

Sincerely,

The LABC Team

More Speakers Confirmed, VERDEXCHANGE Conference, January 22-24, 2012, Los Angeles

VERDEXCHANGE Green Marketmakers Conference – January 22-24, 2012, Los Angeles

VERDEXCHANGENEWS
 
The 'One' Global Event for Accessing the California and Western States Clean and Green Marketplace

January 22-24, 2012
Los Angeles, California
www.verdexchange.org/


VX2012 Sponsors


 

Michael Peevey    Randy Wu    Martha Welborne    Terry O'Day    Wayne Ratkovich    Osamu Onodera

NEW SPEAKERS CONFIRMED FOR VERDEXCHANGE's 5th Annual Green Marketmakers Conference
January 22-24, 2012 

Energy & Infrastructure: The Business of Adapting to Green

Will

Distinguished new additions to the roster of leading business and public sector decision makers at the first 'can't miss' event of 2012 include:

Osamu Onodera (Director, Japan New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Silicon Valley Office), Juan Castaneda (Manager Power System Technologies, SCE), Richard Katz (Board Director, Los Angeles Metro), Randy Wu (Vice President, N.A. Business Development, First Solar), Mark Irwin (Director of Technology Development, SCE), Wayne Ratkovich (President and CEO, The Ratkovich Company),  Bill Abolt (National Practice Leader of Shaw's Sustainability, Energy and Carbon Management Practice), Felicia Marcus (Western Director, NRDC), Martha Welborne (Executive Director of Countywide Planning, Los Angeles Metro), Marshall Parsons (Manager Home Area Networks, SCE). Click here to see more.

Mickey Kantor (Former US Secretary of Commerce), Carla Peterman (California Energy Commissioner), Vikram Budhraja, (President, Electric Power Group, LLC), Dr. Zhihang Chi (Air China), Zev Yaroslavsky (Los Angeles County Supervisor, 3rd District), Andreas Kugescheid (VP Governmental Affairs at BMW AG), Ron Nichols (General Manager, LADWP),  Jun Niimi (Consul General of Japan, LA), Aaron Klemm (Energy Project Manager, Huntington Beach, David Franzen (Consul General of Canada, LA), James D. Marston, (Environmental Defense Fund, Head of Energy Programs), Mike Wallace, (Director, Focal Point USA Global Reporting Initiative) and more! Click here to see more.

VX2012 panelists and speakers already confirmed include among others: Michael Peevey (CPUC), Jack Baylis (The Shaw Group), Liz Logan (PwC), Michael Allman (SoCal Gas), Robyn Beavers (Vestas Wind Systems), James Goldstene (CARB), Tom Soto (Craton Equity), Jeff Kightlinger (MWD), Won-Sok Yun (Kotra LA), Nancy Skinner (CA Assembly), Cecilia Estolano (ELP Advisors), Robert Hertzberg (g24i), Ron Nichols (LADWP) and Kaylynn Kim (Tierra Global). Click here to see more.

VX2012 builds on and confirms the central thesis of previous VerdeXchange conferences: California and the Western States are opportunity-rich markets for renewables and sustainable practice, as well as portals to all of North America.

  Approximately 500-650 delegates will attend VX2012, including industry leaders and procurers of solar, wind, energy efficiency,  alternative fueled vehicles, finance, clean water, carbon auditing, smart grid, and green building. All are, or wish to be, actively investing in and shaping the U.S., Western States, and global green economy marketplace. 


TESTIMONIALS:

"That’s why I attend the VERDEXCHANGE Conferences: It’s an under-one-roof event where I can count on learning about the most recent market trends and on having the opportunity to meet in small groups settings with the buyers and sellers, investors, and environmental stewards shaping the market."

-Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board

"California is the epicenter of climate change initiatives and those attending the VERDEXCHANGE Conference will hear firsthand about when and where the most interesting opportunities will be felt. I look forward to engaging with the leading executives in the public and private sector and learning how these marketmakers plan to meet the demand for breakthrough renewable technologies."

-Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta

 "Looking at the lineup, the VERDEXCHANGE Conference will do for the green marketplace what the Sundance Film Festival did for the movie industry...Nowhere else do I see a confluence of the diverse range of sectors—energy, finance, transportation, public and private utilities, built environment planning and universities—all with the singular goal of delivering and capitalizing on clean and green products and services."

-Former U.S. Commerce Secretary and Former U.S. Trade Secretary Mickey Kantor

 

Details:
VERDEXCHANGE 2012 Conference
January 22-24, 2012
Los Angeles, CA

Click here to register

Click here to learn more at the new, improved conference website.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Sincerely,

David Abel
Chairman, VerdeXchange

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Reminder - CONFERENCE CALL "CEQA Reform: Broadening the Coalition" AIA|LA & LAEDC & SVLG

Dear CEQA reformers:

REMINDER - we look forward to speaking with you all tomorrow morning during our conference call about "CEQA Reform: Broadening the Coalition".

"CEQA Reform: Broadening the Coalition"
conference call
Wednesday, December 7 (9:00am - 10:00am)
Please call: 1.408.600.3600 
Access Code#: 805 155 187

On Wednesday, December 7 (9am), I am coordinating the conference call with Terry Watt, AICP, LAEDC's JoAnne Golden and Shiloh Ballard from the  Silicon Valley Leadership Group. 

Please join us.  Let me know if you plan to participate and if you'd like to add any specific talking points to the agenda.

TOPICS TO DISCUSS, include:

1. Per our last conversation, we noted that we needed to broaden our coalition to include Northern California efforts so we were not working in cross purposes to achieve similar objectives.  

2.  The Silicon Valley Leadership Group along with the Bay Area Council have both engaged in similar CEQA conversations, and this call is an effort to bring all groups together to address CEQA enhancements as a California issue and not merely a Northern California or Southern California issue.

3.  SB 226 - Per Leron Gubler (Hollywood Chamber of Commerce) - identifying opportunities to provide input to OPR about performance standards and guidelines for qualifying urban infill projects.

Very truly yours,

Will Wright, Hon. AIA|LA
Director of Government & Public Affairs
AIA Los Angeles

3780 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90010
213.639.0764  phone
213.639.0767  fax

ERIC GARCETTI for Mayor of Los Angeles [Dec 14th Fundraising Event]

Hi all, 

A group of the Young Angelenos for Eric Garcetti is hosting a fundraising event next week on December 14th...invitation attached.  Please join if you are able.  Join the host committee for $500.  General admission is $50.  The Village Idiot will be providing food and drink, and the venue is sure to give you some creative inspiration.

*If you have already maxed out at $1000, you may not make any additional contributions.

Noel Hyun
noelhyun@gmail.com
310-801-3161
Garcettiformayordec14invite

new report examines California's first Sustainable Communities Strategy

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                                                               December 5, 2011

San Diego and SB 375:  Lessons from California's first Sustainable Communities Strategy

By Eliot Rose, Autumn Bernstein and Stuart Cohen

 

The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) recently approved the first sustainable communities strategy (SCS) under Senate Bill 375, California's groundbreaking regional planning law.  The plan was the subject of intense scrutiny by stakeholders, state agencies and others, as reported in our blog post in October. 

 

And now, a more comprehensive report, co-authored by Eliot Rose, Autumn Bernstein, and Stuart Cohen, takes a closer look at the plan and analyzes why it didn't achieve the GHG reductions that many hoped it would.  The report also provides information on the important ways in which the plan represents a departure from business as usual, and where are the opportunities for improvement. 

 

As other regions across the state are poised to also adopt their own SCSs, this report picks out some of the best practices and important lessons to help Metropolitan Planning Organizations and other stakeholders outside of the San Diego region learn from SANDAG's experience. 

 

Reversing a decades-long trend of planning for sprawl is going to take a serious commitment to continually refining the SCS process.  SANDAG's SCS sets some important precedents, but it's only the first step in a long journey.

 

 

AIA|LA UDC Presents...Translating Urban Moments to influence Future L.A. - Wednesday, December 14 (7pm)

AIA|LA Urban Design Committee presents....
Translating Urban Moments to influence Future L.A.
Wednesday, December 14 (7pm-9pm)
3780 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Please RSVP to Will Wright at will@aialosangeles.org

Translating Urban Moments to influence Future L.A.
Through a previous series of three roundtable discussions with the AIA|LA UDC it became apparent that the problems of car-centric culture have been a determining factor in the lack of recognizing the importance of effective open space and urban moments. A presentation and map has been conceptualized in response to the dynamic dialogue held in these meetings. The main message of this presentation is to focus on what works in Los Angeles and what features of these urban spaces give them merit, acting as a tool for the many influencers of design projects.

Please join us in an open discussion about how to further improve and refine this presentation, which will be officially unveiled on Wednesday, December 14th.

For more information, please contact:

Will Wright
Director of Government & Public Affairs
AIA 
/ los angeles
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A Chapter of
The American Institute of Architects

3780 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90010
213.639.0764  phone
213.639.0767  fax